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Parents and advocates urge Civil Rights Council to investigate systemic special‑education issues; describe litigation and access problems
Summary
Multiple parents, advocates and attorneys urged the California Civil Rights Council to examine alleged systemic failures in special education, including routine use of outside law firms by districts, retaliation against parents, denied services and language‑access barriers.
A series of public commenters described systemic failures in special education across multiple California school districts and urged the Civil Rights Council and department staff to examine those problems.
Rita Loofe told the council she had filed a complaint with the department against the Upland Unified School District and said, “Our children are being denied access to education, which will result in them not having equal access to jobs and society in general.” She and other parents alleged that some school districts routinely hire private law firms to represent districts and that those firms pursue litigation against families rather than resolving disputes through services.
Pam Ragland described records she obtained…
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